Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

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Undergraduate Architecture

PORTFOLIO 2021

HEMA MYTHRI

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CONTACT

COMPETITIONS AND DOCUMENTAION

03 - 05 - 1998 Phone : +91 9886495715 Email : my3hema@gmail.com

Archmello - The Brewed Bar 2021 (Honourable Mentions)

Bangalore, Karnataka

Annual Nasa Design Competition 2020 (Top 100)

EDUCATION

Annual Nasa Design Competition 2019 (Top 100)

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE BMS School of Architecture 2017 - Present

Culture And Built Environment - 2019

HIGHER SECONDARY EDCATION Deeksha - Miranda PU Composite College 2014 - 2016 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO 2006 - 2014 Air Force School ASTE 2002 - 2006

LANGUAGES English Hindi Tamil Malayalam Kannada

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WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS AND VOLUNTEERING Architectural Criticism - Ar.Kevin MarkLow 2018 Laurie Baker Worksop - LBC Trivandrum 2019 ANAAGATA - NASA Arch 105 Talk Series 2019 ACE Tech Exhibition - Volunteering 2019 Build Free - Auroville Green Practices 2020

Heritage Documentation - 2019 Bowring Institute, Bangalore Vernacular Architecture - 2018 Dakshina Chitra, Chennai White Town and Auroville, Pondicherry

SOFTWARE SKILLS AND OTHER AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Enscape Lumion Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign

Hand Drafting Model Making Hand Sketching Pencil Rendering Illustrations MS Word MS PowerPoint

SOFT SKILLS Organised Adaptable Empathetic Observant

ALTERNATE CONTACT 1bq17at022@bmssa.ac.in www.linkedin.com/in/Hemamy3598

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HEMA

MYTHRI

“ Every small detail that accumulates in a frame or space has its own significance and becomes substantial enough to affect the environment it is situated in.

As of its presence, each minuscule design seed will eventually find its way into the habitat to anchor its influence.”

Objective : Seeking an internship as a passionate design student, who is looking forward to challenging and practical work.

I’m hoping to be of assistance and inspiration, as well as to improve my creative skills, knowledge, and exposure.

Cu r r i c u l u m V i t a e

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CONTENTS

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PROJECT

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METANOIA

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Adaptive Reuse Project - Reimagining Agraharam Houses Residential Building, Semester VIII

COCO

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Urban Coffee House - ArchMello Competition Entry Commercial Building, 2021

SKALA

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Business Hotel - Mixed Amenities Design with Services Mixed Use Building, Semester V

RESPLENDENCE

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Documentation and Design for Rural Village - ANDC Entry Community Infrastructure, 2019

OTHERS

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Working Drawing and Miscellaneous Interests

Co n t e n t s

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AD APTIVE RE U S E PROJ E CT Location Type Softwares Project Year

Trivandrum, Kerala Residential AutoCAD, Revit, Lumion, Photoshop Academic 2021

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METANOIA

Reimagining Agraharam Houses of Puthen Street - Thiruvananathapuram, Kerala.

Adapting the 300-year-old housing stock surrounding the Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple to suit the needs of the current generation and context as it evolves, while conserving the character and architectural notions of the building typology in the area, concurrently maintaining material sensitivity and identity .

THE ALOIS RIEGL METHOD to arrive at the heritage values of the stuctures around the temple was incorporated as part of the study .

Adaptive Reuse

10 PRESENT SCENARIO Lack of awareness of the historic importance of the structures and the unique construction techniques has resulted in the use of incompatible modern building materials.

The modern interventions follow an architectural trend that is alien to the heritage charm of the place.

Owing to rich architectural and cultural values associated with the historic fort area, design that focuses on the structure’s timeless existence and how life evolved along these closely knit living quarters helps us understand the socio-cultural influence that has dominated this area for generations.

Residential lanes are transformed into commercial alleyways as a result of major land use changes.

Images on left : Current houses of Puthen Street

T IL ED RO O F

M A CH I

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U LL T H IN N A T HI NNA

Representative of massing of the house as it was when built.

Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala has a layered history As a temple town with the famed Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple as its core.

The various housing typologies have evolved over a while from the eighteenth to the twentieth century , and its design and position within the settlement was a reflection of the social norms and traditions of its inhabitants.

The agraharam housing stock: The traditional agraharam housing linked with the fort area has a special significance in defining the architectural character of the historic settlement of Thiruvananthapuram.

The plan is being repurposed to suit a contemporary home stay space and also can be adapted to suit any residential house.

Location Map : Second Puthen Street, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Acad em i c : R esident ial

Puthen Street Typical Elevation

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Existing Plan of the House

An experiential stay accommodation that takes you through the walk of time as you move into the house and lets you absorb the essence of living in community centric housing, interspaced with warm hues and an abundance of memories as instrumental in the restoration and refurbishment of 300-year-old house.

RePurposed Plan of the House

Adaptive Reuse

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C LAY T ILE D RO O F IN G

O P E N IN G F O R S KYLIGH T

F IN K T RU S S - T IMBE R

T IMBE R BE AM RE IN F O RC E ME N T

Render : Lightwell in the living room supported by wooden retrofitting.

T IMBE R J O IS T S RE IT RO F IT

A T T I C F LO O R + 3 5 0 0M M

M I T TA M

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PLINTH

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RE D OXIDE / CO N C RE T E F LO O RIN G

WA S HRO OM

Left : Exploded view : Explaining the retrofitting and materials

A cad e m i c : R esident ial

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Render : Kitchen area with Mittam modified to admit light and ventilation.

KI CT HEN

BED CABIN S

LOU N GE

R ECE P T I O N

Right : Logitudinal Section of the house

Adaptive Reuse

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UR B AN COF F E E H OU S E Location Type Softwares Project Year

Pune, Maharashtra Commercial AutoCAD, Revit, Lumion, Photoshop Competition 2021

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COCO B

The thought of fostering into the coffee society , perhaps just a little more than a cup every day , inspired and created the Coffee Consortium Brewery (CO CO B) The design focuses on accommodating a varied level of activities and user groups into smaller capsules along a street, that runs longitudinal to the site.

The spatial planning integrates a hierarchy of various such capsules that range from closed formal to open informal seating, including multiple types of semi-open zones, all set to the east.

Capsules house activities like a small business counter promoting indigenous coffee goods, spaces for kids, parents, couples, and a focused quiet corner with greens for freelancers.

U r ba n Co f f e e H o u s e

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S EMI PR I VAT E

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Location Map : Mahalunge, Pune, Maharashtra

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Mahalunge is situated along the Mumbai-Pune Highway and is the most sought-after micro-market with booming development and proximity to Hinjewadi, Baner and Wakad.

The region will be developed as Mahalunge Hi-tech City under the town planning scheme and has been showcased as a model project.

The locality is home to some lush green areas & hills in the background.

PUBL IC PR I VAT E

A) An off-center spine is introduced into the site to behave as a street with secondary access points leading us to 4 major people oriented capsules.

B) Openings into the site to ensure the vivid seperation of public and semi public zones, and a massing that can accomodate west winds into the site with adequate buffer and shading.

C) Placing the institute as primary mass at the end of an informal cul-de-sac and seating zones toward east inviting for quiter spaces as we venture deeper into the site.

C Massing Diagram : CoCo B

C om p e ti ti on : Commercial

The primary structure that is placed at the end of this street is the Coffee Institute, curated and designed specifically for coffee fanatics who love to learn, explore and experiment.

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Cut Isometric

Capsules are districuted with spaces on the basis of factors such as noise and privacy as we move deeper into street.

Public capsule : Includes, seating areas of varying types such as open, semiopen and closed spaces Semi Private capsule : Houses working pods and kitchen,staff oriented areas.

1 . M A I N E N T RA N CE 2. R ECE P T I O N 3. F O R M A L I N D O O R S E A T I N G 4. I N D O O R LOU N G E S E A T I N G 5. OU T D O O R CO R R I D O R S E A T I N G 6. SEMI-OPEN SEATING 7. S E RV I CE CO R R I D O R 8 . O P E N BA R 9. F O R M A L S E A T I N G 1 0 . WO R KS PA CE 1 1 . TO I L E T 1 2. S E RV I CE E N T RA N CE

Lvl : First

1 3. TA KE A WA Y COU N T E R 1 4. KI TCHE N 1 5 . S TA F F LOUN G E A N D S E RV I CE S 1 6 . COU N T E R F O R S M A L L BUS I N E S S 1 7. M A I N COU N T E R 1 8 . I N S T I T U T E E N T RA N CE 1 9. P L A T F O R M S E A T I N G 20. CE N T RA L CO R E 21 . PA N T RY 22 . TO I L E T 23 . PO CKE T RO OM S 24 . S M A L L L I B RA RY 25 . RA M P 26. OA T 27. S TA G E 28. BA CK S TA G E 29. M E Z Z A N I N E S E A T I N G 30. T E R RA CE S PA CE

Lvl : Ground

Private capsule : It includes multiple Pocket Rooms for discussions and studies, a central core with a number of cooking aisles for conducting experimental activities A small library and a multi-functional OAT , all enveloped by a ramp that curves around the institute, reaching a terrace space with a view of the Mount Mahalunge and the Sus Hills.

Floor Plans : CoCo B

U r ba n Co f f e e H o u s e

20 Render :Evening lights on coffee institute, wrapped by open outdoor theatre.

Front Elevation : CoCo Brewary, as viewed from main nande balewai road.

C om p e ti ti on : Commercial

21 Render : Niche semi open seating basking crisp morning sunlight.

Cross section : CoCo B, along take away counter and closed , open and semi - open seating zones.

U r ba n Co f f e e H o u s e

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B USINESS H OT E L Location Type Softwares Project Year

Bangalore, Karnataka Mixeduse, Highrise AutoCAD, Revit, Enscape, Illustrator, Photoshop Academic 2019

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SKALA

The business hotel is designed to respond to the Embassy Teck Park’s setting and cater to its user group.

The hotel features a business centre, interactive zones, event rooms, fine dining, and guest rooms.

With the meticulous utilisation of sky decks, gardens, and outdoor lounges as an extension of the recreational areas, the hotel is aimed to provide an overall sense of having a transparent natural connect with the visual environment induced around it.

As components traversing across the hotel, walkways and pods provide vistas for the guest rooms.

Business Hotel

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Moving the floor plates inward as the building ascends, to accommodate the wind flow to all parts of the hotel and reducing reasonable surface area on the west facade.

Adding vegetation along the recesses created by the massing in windward direction, for screening unpleasent views and shading against sunlight

Massing : Form and void development

Embassy Manyata Business Park is a software technology park in North of Bangalore and has various on-site facilities and including intra-city transportation, outdoor sports zone, rooftop football arena, etc.

The business hotel takes an advantage of the access, amenities and lifestyle provided by the tech park to draw the user bracket to it.

Acad em i c : Mixeduse Highrise

Including pods in the south end of the building that takes maximum advantage of the internally created sky garden views.

Location Map : Manyata TechPark Nagwara, Bangalore, Karnataka

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STAND A R D R O O M 36 Sq.m

S UI TE R O O M 1 0 0 S q .m

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JU NIOR S U IT E R O O M 5 6 Sq.m

P R ES ID EN T IA L S U IT E R O O M A N D P R IVAT E G A R D EN DE C K 190 S q. m

Spatial Hierarchy : Hotel Room Types

Business Hotel

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Ninth Floor

P U BLIC Z O N ES

Second Floor

P R I VA T E ZO N E S

First Floor

Third Floor

SEMI PUBLIC ZO N E S

Ground Floor S TA N DA R D RO OM S

JUN I O R S U I T E RO OM S

S U I T E RO OM S

P R E S I D E N T I A L S UI T E

Floor plans : Public zone, Business Hotel

Acad e m i c : Mixeduse Highrise

Zoning : Guest rooms distribution floorwise

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S PAT IA L D IS T R IBU T IO N The spaces in the hotel are zoned horizontally with respect to distribution of built vs unbuilt area along with proximity to services, Vertically with respect to the privacy of the users, hence the bottom most floors occupy the public visiting the hotel, and gradually increasing the privacy as we move up the floors.

The service core is situated to have proximity in approach through the various spaces along the zones.

View : As seen from the swimming pool pod on the 3rd floor

Sketches : Design development process and ideations.

West Elevation : Viewing Frame of Focus from the Main road

Business Hotel

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D OCUME N T A ION A N D D E S IGN F OR RU RA L H A BIT A T Location Type Softwares Project Year

C om p e ti ti on : Communit y Infrast ructu re

Siddapuram, Andhra Pradesh Community Infrastructure AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop Competition 2019

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04 D o c u me n t a t i o n a n d D e s i g n (R u r a l H a bi t a t )

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Com p e ti ti on : Communit y Infrast ructu re

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RESPENDENCE

The project was intended to familiarise ourselves to the rural reality , especially to the rural habitat, its status and multiple challenges of survival, character retention and development in the modern day context of changes in the structure of the economy and urbanization trends.

The goal was to produce a design identifying, understanding, analysing, documenting and presenting the various elements of the social production process, through which over generations the rural habitat has been created and using them creatively in a design the process to give the rural settlements a modern idiom and form, while retaining its people/community context.

Sketches : Representing the current situation of the village and its retained essense.

D o c u me n t a t i o n a n d D e s i g n (R u r a l H a bi t a t )

34 Sketches left : Depicting the socio production activities of the village and its scenario today The Village, once self sustainable suffered deprimental effects of modernity and lost its character as a result of indirect effects.

The entire rural landscape declined considerably despite investment in infrastructure.

Farming

Location Map : Malapanagudi, Anantapur,Andhra Pradesh

WAT ER CH A N N EL S T H AT A R E D R IED UP A N D T H E EX IS T IN G IN D U S T R IES l e d t o

Malapanagudi also commonly called H.Siddapuram is located 7 km distance from Sub District Headquarter D.Hirehal.

Nearest statutory town is Belary (Karnataka) in 25 km Distance.

DRASTIC CHANGE IN MICRO CLIMATE Lumbering and Carpentary

A FFECT IN G S O C IO P R O D U C T IO N H ENC E , LIV ELIH O O D

Total area is 170 hectares Non-Agricultural area is 48 hectares Total irrigated area is 11 hectares The location of the village at the border between two states further pushed the neglect towards it.

Rich land lead to mining affecting the water table further eliminating the perennial source of water .

Dried up fields

Retained traditional village

Em b ra cing all the e l e ments Factory

“ WAT ER” b i n d s them into a con ti n uous flow re f l ecting s u s tenance.

RDT housing scheme

C om p e ti ti on : Communit y Infrast ructu re

Sketches bottom : Depicting the effect of external influence on the village and its livelihood

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In the name of development, the mines and industries affected the village which led to their identity being lost, livelihoods being destroyed and their traditions being eroded.

Old ways have come undone and their lifestyles have changed.

DE LTA C RE AT E D

BY F E RT ILE LAN D

Since farming is the most essential form of production, the village’s crown has plummeted due to its incapacity to produce.

This affected the development of all other social production factors, and neighboring communities relied on it as well.

They do not use any mechanical tools and instead rely on traditional farming methods.

Design Forecast

Built settlements

Water routes

Road networks and farms

VILLAGE E N T RY O O RU BAAGILU

Over-exploitation of people, resources and close proximity to industries have contributed to the pollution of the village, However , the villagers, despite their woes, continue to hold on .

Sketches left : Context study of village

Countour levels

Plans : Exploded area view of existing land features and design implication

D o c u me n t a t i o n a n d D e s i g n (R u r a l H a bi t a t )

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CONTINUOUS CONTOUR TRNCHING R u n of f ra in wa te r f l ows b a c k into the wa te r c ha nne l na tu ra l l y.

VEGE TAT IO N TO P RE VE N T E RO S IO N T RE N C H E S ALO N G CO N TOU RS

It is a system implemented on heavy contours to uplift the water table, which as we know is the main source of perennial streams.

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Key Plan : Region of scope

COW SHALA

CHECK DAM

Shelter making which was initially a people’s process that came to a halt with the introduction of RTD house.

Keeping the cows together in one place induces social production elements like biogas production and dairy farming this inturn becomes a COMMUNITY ELEMENT .

WAT ER GA T E PORT I O N O F L A ND D IVERT I NG WAT ER PA T H

15 M NON P E RME ABL E RAM P T IMBER GA T EWA YS F O R C HECK DA M

R ECHA RG E R E S E RVO I R WITH SEMI PERMEABLE G ROUN D

RESERVOIR AND GRANDMA SYSTEM

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S TO RA G E R E S E VO I R WITH NON P E R M E A B L E G ROUN D

RECHARGE RESERVOIR Laterally expanded to 16m to increase surface area for ground water recharge.

STORAGE RESERVOIR Built along the water path to allow it to pass through with ease.

They are designed in such a way that they respect the natural flow of water by following the contours.

Design Strategies : To revive the village to its better ability and strengths

Com p e ti ti on : Communit y Infrast ructu re

Design to prevent formation of algae

SA N D A N D S TO N E

O P E N CHA N N E L S WO R KI N G O N G RA V I T Y A LO N E

NEGARIM A small diamond shaped pond with low bunds introduced between the built spaces.

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05 WORKING DRAWINGS and OTHER INTERESTS

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Flooring Layout : Ground Floor

Flooing Layout : First Floor

Sunk slab Plan : Ground Floor

Plumbing Layout : Ground Floor

Plumbing Layout : First Floor

Floor Plan : Ground Floor

Acad e m i c : Working Drawing

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Sunk slab Plan : First Floor

Electrical layout : Ground Floor

Floor Plan : First Floor

Electrical Circuit Diagram : Ground Floor

Electrical layout : First Floor

Electrical Circuit Diagram : First Floor

Wo r k i n g D r a wi n g

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A collection of memories and travel experiences

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Free hand sketches Pencil rendering and Acrylic painting

Miscellaneous

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Compilation of selected work 2017 - 2021

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